NORRIS B. HAWKINS
v.
FLORIDA DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS
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An inmate's appeal of an order imposing a lien on his inmate trust account for filing a mandamus petition is properly dismissed and affirmed when the petition was frivolous under applicable precedent.
[1] An inmate's mandamus petition challenging a lien imposed on his trust account for filing a prior frivolous petition may be dismissed when the challenge itself lacks merit…
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PER CURIAM.
Appellant seeks review of (1) the order dismissing his September 2017 mandamus petition challenging the lien imposed on his inmate trust account for his filing of a February 2016 mandamus petition, and (2) the order imposing a lien on his inmate trust account for his filing of the September 2017 mandamus petition. We dismiss the appeal of the first order based on Roberts v. State, 172 So. 3d 478 (Fla. 1st DCA 2015), and we affirm the second order based on Ruggirello v. Jones, 202 So. 3d 935 (Fla. 1st DCA 2016).
DISMISSED in part; AFFIRMED in part.
LEWIS, WETHERELL, and WINOKUR, JJ., concur. _____________________________
Not final until disposition of any timely and authorized motion under Fla. R. App. P. 9.330 or 9.331. _____________________________
Norris B. Hawkins, pro se, Appellant.
Ashley Moody, Attorney General, and Kristen J. Lonergan, Assistant Attorney General, Tallahassee, for Appellee.
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- Roberts v. State, 172 So. 3d 478 (Fla. 1st DCA 2015)
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